Conclusion

In conclusion, the ethical terrain of computer-assisted design is bumpy. There are a lot of moral evils to CAD, but it is not an unqualified moral evil. There are high points - moral high grounds - also.

CAD is morally good:

• because it saves paper and it requires less production of mylar,
  
• because it creates,
  
• because it's end use can be a positive, morally good one.

CAD is morally neutral:

• because it does not push political agendas.

And computer-assisted design is morally evil:

• because it is leaves a deep ecological footprint,
  
• because it creates problems of access to the poor,
  
• because it is a function (and echo) of capitalism,
  
• because it takes jobs,
  
• because it separates person from tool,
  
• because it limits the language of the tool-user,
  
• because its end use can be a negative, morally evil one.